hoist a backpack

Frequency: 5.22.3 per million words

to raise a heavy backpack, often onto your back

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Examples (10)

  • With a grunt, he hoisted the heavy backpack onto his shoulders.
  • It took two people to hoist the overstuffed backpack into the car's trunk.
  • She carefully hoisted her backpack onto the luggage rack above her seat.
  • Hoisting a 50-pound backpack for the first time is a real challenge for new hikers.
  • The guide showed us the proper technique to hoist a backpack without straining our backs.
  • He watched the climber hoist his backpack up the rock face using a pulley system.
  • After a short break, the weary soldier hoisted his backpack and resumed the march.
  • You'll need to hoist your backpack over the fence to get to the other side.
  • Let me help you hoist that backpack; it looks incredibly heavy.
  • The student struggled to hoist his book-filled backpack from the floor.